Конспект урока «Youth problems» по английскому языку

• Everybody says your youth is probably the best time of young life, that being young means romance, love, new discoveries and so on. But it is also the most difficult time because you have to make some very important decisions, which will influence all your future life.

• Things are not easy nowadays even for adults, but for teen-ages, who have to find their own place in society, it’s very difficult. It’s necessary not only to adapt to your society, but also to be confident about your position in 5, 10 or 20 years time.

• We have found out what kind of project we are going to work at.

• We tried to determine the problems of our environment .

• We have chosen the most serious problems.

• YOUTH PROBLEMS

• Taking drugs, alcohol and smoking.

• Family problems.

• School problems.

• Leisure.

• Aggression.

We have divided into three groups.

• LAWERS

• CORRESPONDENTS

• SOCIOLOGISTS

• LAWERS

• HAVE EXAMINED INSTRUMENTS:

• UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

We suppose the typical teenager problem is drug-habit. Some young man use drugs, because they think that will be cool guys. But they don’t understand that it’s wrong. Some of them can’t stop that, and they become dependent on drugs. And they commit different serious crimes, because they need some money to buy drugs.

Experimentation with alcohol and drugs during adolescence is common.  Unfortunately, teenagers often don't see the link between their actions today and the consequences tomorrow.  They also have a tendency to feel indestructible and immune to the problems that others experience. 
We should say that using alcohol and tobacco at a young age has negative health effects. While some teens will experiment and stop, or continue to use occasionally, without significant problems.  Others will develop a dependency, moving on to more dangerous drugs and causing significant harm to themselves and possibly others. It is difficult to know which teens will experiment and stop and which will develop serious problems. 
We have come to the conclusion that teenagers abuse a variety of drugs, both legal and illegal.  Legally available drugs include alcohol, prescribed medications, inhalants (fumes from glues, aerosols, and solvents) and over-the-counter cough, cold, sleep, and diet medications.  The use of tobacco and alcohol in high school has become common.

SOCIOLOGISTS
have made the questionnaire:

• Is the present day world so scary?

Yes-87, No- 13

• What problems appear to be really serious?

Taking drugs, alcohol and smoking. -25

Family problems. -20

School problems. -18

Leisure. -10

Aggression. -7

Personal problems. - 5

Having not enough money. -5

Being treated like babies.-4

Continuing education.-3

Joining the army.-3

• Do you have any problems?

Yes-100

• Have you ever been turning to smoking, taking alcohol, drugs?

Yes-46, No- 54

• Do you feel comfortable with your classmates?

Yes-61, No -39

• Are all teachers treated with respect?

Yes-97, No-3

• Do you think violence and cruelty are becoming a fact of everyday people’s life?

Yes-51, No-49

• Do you prefer to work during your free time?

Yes-17, No-83

• Is your family friendly?

Yes-84, No- 16

• Do you want to make yourself useful in life?

Yes-99, No-1

What does school mean for teens?

1. A place to get a good education-29

2. They meet their friends there- 35

3. School opens the door to the future-22

4. It’s our second home-3

5. It shapes their life-11

A lot of teenagers think the adults, their parents as well, must be sometimes more tolerant and patient .According to the questionnaire (What irritates teens in their relations with parents?):

1. Absence of freedom-39

2. Having too much control-28

3. Criticizing-20

4. Interfering into teen’s affairs-10

5. Asking stupid questions-3

What do teens like to do in their free time?

a)hanging out with friends -40

b) listening to music – 25

c)sport – 23

d)dancing – 7

e)eating tasty things – 5

CORRESPONDENTS
(with mass media)
have explained how serious the problems are.

An ordinary teenager watches TV programs for 25 hours per week. They prefer to watch:

the news 7%

discussion programmes 9%

documentaries 10%

plays 5%

films 28%

quiz shows 4%

music programmes 25%

sport programmes 11%

other 1%

They found out that there is much violence on television because every third of channels has a film or an informative program of violence. “Ads” are shown every 15 minutes, and every second of them is devoted to tobacco and alcohol drinks. But television companies take no notice of them.

Conclusion :

Having processed information from Internet, Mass Media, and having made questionnaires concerning our problems among the pupils of the 10^th -11^th forms we have come to the conclusion that 100% of us have problems. The main problems of our teen’s environment are Taking drugs, alcohol and smoking. -25

Family problems. -20

School problems. -18 .

Leisure. -10

Aggression. -7

We consider that the reasons of these problems are:

1. we want to be independent and to show out

2. family background

3. we want look more grown-up and fashion

4. some of our friends do the same

5. we watch TV o lot

6. we have few places to spend our free time

How to solve these problems?

It’s a fact and it’s of course rather difficult to escape from different problems. So the only way out as we see it is to train our willpower and learn how to overcome all the life problems we face with.

What can we advise to a teenager ?

• You must realize that you have a problem.

• Try to make new friends who haven’t bad habits.

• Keep healthy lifestyle.

• Find a hobby.

• Go in for sports.

• Love yourself and your family.

• You must be taking seriously to life.

• And you won’t have serious problems!